The Davis Diary and Callahan Calendar

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Zine
Title: The Davis Diary and Callahan Calendar
Publisher: Ad Nauseum Press
Editor:
Author(s): Ruth Kurz and Teri White
Cover Artist(s):
Illustrator(s):
Date(s): 1981-1982?
Series?: yes
Medium: print
Genre: slash
Fandom: Harry and Johnny
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The Davis Diary and Callahan Calendar is a series of slash Harry & Johnny novels. It has the subtitle "A Whole Year of Fun and Games."

Most are written by Ruth Kurz, and some by Kurz and Teri White.

These stories may have all been published together in this single zine title, or they may have been issued separately. In any case, they are most often found as separate "chapters" or "novels."

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Each novel documents one month in the life of Harry and Johnny in 1975. The links below refer to the stories that Ruth and Terri co-wrote. The series also inspired responsefic, also listed below.

Contents/The Series

The series as written by Ruth and Terri contains 12 parts.

  • January -- "snow, sex, sunshine, sex, skis, sex, saunas, sex..."
  • February -- "a Saturday that belongs in the Guinness Book"
  • March -- "Johnny plays Sam Spade in Las Vegas"
  • April -- "Harry and Johnny go to Hollywood"
  • May -- "a birthday that turns grim, grim, grim"
  • June -- "camping in the Sequoias to get over May"
  • July -- "tennis and Richard's cowboy"
  • August -- "Harry and Johnny fly to the National Pistol Matches"
  • September -- "Johnny's gallery showing, or 'Callahan'll handle it.'"
  • October -- "a Grim Fairy Tale."
  • November -- "Harry and Johnny go cruising (to Hawaii)"
  • December -- "thank goodness, it's Christmas again"

Response Fic

The novel October inspired some responsefic written by fans of the series. It is titled Response to October.